Embankment
Embankment is a railway stop in Westminster, Greater London, England. Embankment is situated nearby to the theater building Playhouse Theatre, as well as near the railway station London Charing Cross.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and London Charing Cross.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
London Charing Cross
Railway station
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Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the Southeastern Main Lines to Dover via Ashford and Hastings via Tunbridge Wells. London Charing Cross is situated 370 feet west of Embankment.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,500 feet south of Embankment.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Covent Garden and South Bank.
Covent Garden
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Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
South Bank
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The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
Whitehall
Locality
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Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Embankment
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50724° or 51° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.12214° or 0° 7′ 20″ westOperator
London UndergroundOpen location code
9C3XGV4H+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1781591240OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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